# 499 > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/499 > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/499.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/499 > Source revision: 1330446978 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Calendar year This article is about the year 499. For the number, see [499 (number)](/source/499_(number)). This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "499" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (January 2021) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Calendar year Years Millennium 1st millennium Centuries 4th century 5th century 6th century Decades 470s 480s 490s 500s 510s Years 496 497 498 499 500 501 502 v t e 499 by topic Leaders Political entities State leaders Religious leaders Categories Births Deaths v t e 499 in various calendars Gregorian calendar 499 CDXCIX Ab urbe condita 1252 Assyrian calendar 5249 Balinese saka calendar 420–421 Bengali calendar −95 – −94 Berber calendar 1449 Buddhist calendar 1043 Burmese calendar −139 Byzantine calendar 6007–6008 Chinese calendar 戊寅年 (Earth Tiger) 3196 or 2989 — to — 己卯年 (Earth Rabbit) 3197 or 2990 Coptic calendar 215–216 Discordian calendar 1665 Ethiopian calendar 491–492 Hebrew calendar 4259–4260 Hindu calendars - Vikram Samvat 555–556 - Shaka Samvat 420–421 - Kali Yuga 3599–3600 Holocene calendar 10499 Iranian calendar 123 BP – 122 BP Islamic calendar 127 BH – 126 BH Javanese calendar 385–386 Julian calendar 499 CDXCIX Korean calendar 2832 Minguo calendar 1413 before ROC 民前1413年 Nanakshahi calendar −969 Seleucid era 810/811 AG Thai solar calendar 1041–1042 Tibetan calendar ས་ཕོ་སྟག་ལོ་ (male Earth-Tiger) 625 or 244 or −528 — to — ས་མོ་ཡོས་ལོ་ (female Earth-Hare) 626 or 245 or −527 Year **499** (**[CDXCIX](/source/Roman_numerals)**) was a [common year starting on Friday](/source/Common_year_starting_on_Friday) of the [Julian calendar](/source/Julian_calendar). At the time, it was known as the **Year of the Consulship of [Iohannes](/source/John_the_Hunchback) without colleague** (or, less frequently, **year 1252 *[Ab urbe condita](/source/Ab_urbe_condita)***). The denomination 499 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [Anno Domini](/source/Anno_Domini) [calendar era](/source/Calendar_era) became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. ## Events ### By place #### China - [April 26](/source/April_26) – [Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei](/source/Emperor_Xiaowen_of_Northern_Wei) dies of [starvation](/source/Starvation)[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] in his capital at [Luoyang](/source/Luoyang), after a 27-year reign in which he has [Sinicized](/source/Sinicization) his tribal relatives ([Tuoba](/source/Tuoba) clan), created a Chinese-style government and instituted a [land-reform program](/source/Equal-field_system). - Crown prince [Xuan Wu Di](/source/Emperor_Xuanwu_of_Northern_Wei), age 16, succeeds his father Xiaowen and becomes emperor of [Northern Wei](/source/Northern_Wei). He appoints his uncle [Yuan Xie](/source/Yuan_Xie) provincial [governor](/source/Governor), who serves temporarily as [regent](/source/Regency_(government)) to form a new government. #### Middle East - [September](/source/September) – The [499 Nicopolis earthquake](/source/499_Nicopolis_earthquake) takes place in the borders between the regions of [Mesopotamia](/source/Mesopotamia), [Pontus](/source/Pontus_(region)), and [Roman Armenia](/source/Roman_Armenia). It affects the cities of [Nicopolis](/source/Nicopolis_(Armenia)), Neocaesarea (modern [Niksar](/source/Niksar)), [Arsamosata](/source/Arsamosata), and Abarne, as well as the cultural areas of [Anatolia](/source/Anatolia) (Asia Minor) and Mesopotamia.[1] ### By topic #### Religion - [March 1](/source/March_1) – During a [synod](/source/Synod) in [Rome](/source/Rome), which is attended by 72 [bishops](/source/Bishop) and all of the Roman clergy, [Pope Symmachus](/source/Pope_Symmachus) makes [Antipope Laurentius](/source/Antipope_Laurentius) bishop of the [diocese of Nocera](/source/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Nocera_Inferiore-Sarno) in [Campania](/source/Campania). #### Major wars and battles in Europe In 499, the Bulgars cross the Danube and reach Thrace where, on the banks of the river Tzurta (considered a tributary of Maritsa), they defeat a 15,000 men strong Roman army, led by magister militum Aristus. Often overlooked due to the Battle of Ongal (180 years later), the 499-500 AD events demonstrate not only the strength and ambition of the Bulgars to rule over the lower Danube and South-East European lands, but also that their origins historically date back to late antiquity and not the early medieval ages as is often considered. #### Mathematics - Indian mathematician [Aryabhata](/source/Aryabhata) writes his magnum opus, the *[Āryabhaṭīya](/source/%C4%80ryabha%E1%B9%AD%C4%ABya)*. ## Births - [Ingund](/source/Ingund), queen of the [Franks](/source/Franks) (approximate date) - [Ly Thien Bao](/source/Ly_Thien_Bao), emperor of [Vietnam](/source/Vietnam) (d. [555](/source/555)) - [Maximianus](/source/Maximianus_of_Ravenna), [bishop of Ravenna](/source/Bishop_of_Ravenna) (d. [556](/source/556)) ## Deaths - [April 26](/source/April_26) – [Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei](/source/Emperor_Xiaowen_of_Northern_Wei), emperor of Northern Wei (b. [467](/source/467)) - [Feng Run](/source/Empress_Feng_Run), Chinese empress of [Northern Wei](/source/Northern_Wei) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Guidoboni_1-0)** Guidoboni, Traina, 1995 ## Sources - Guidoboni, Emanuela; Traina, Giusto (1995), ["*A new catalogue of earthquakes in the historical Armenian area from antiquity to the 12th century*"](https://www.annalsofgeophysics.eu/index.php/annals/article/view/4134), *Annals of Geophysics*, **38**, [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.4401/ag-4134](https://doi.org/10.4401%2Fag-4134) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [499](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/499) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/499?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.